ACCENTURE HIGH PERFORMANCE SECURITY REPORT 2016 FOR IRELAND
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SECURITY EXECUTIVES HAVE MISPLACED CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ABILITY TO SECURE THE ENTERPRISE
of large enterprise security executives have confidence in their cyber security strategies
74%of organizations have completely embedded cybersecurity into their cultures
51%
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YET, THE SURVEY REVEALS CYBERSECURITY FAILURE RATES ARE ALARMINGLY HIGH
THOUSANDS to MILLIONS of random breach attempts per week
SOME 120 focused attacks per year; of those, 1 in 3 result in a security breach
That’s more than 3 effective attacks per month
Internal breaches are PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC 40% say greatest security impact comes from malicious insiders
Yet NEARLY 70% LACK CONFIDENCE in their organizations’ internal monitoring
Many security breaches go undetected FOR TOO LONGDetecting a breach takes months for 52% of COMPANIESInternal security teams discover only 65% of EFFECTIVE BREACHES
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EXECUTIVES MUST OVERCOME ERRONEOUS PERCEPTIONS AND FOCUS FOR SUCCESS
Are you confident that you have identified all priority business data assets and their location?
Are you able to defend the organization from a motivated adversary?
Do you have the tools and techniques to react and respond to a targeted attack?
Do you know what the adversary is really after?
How often does your organization ‘practice’ its plan to get better at responses?
How do these attacks affect
your business?
Do you have the right alignment, structure, team members, and other resources to execute on your mission?
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INVEST TO INNOVATEAND OUTMANEUVEROnly 1/3 of respondents have confidence in their cybersecurity capabilities regarding any of the seven key domains below, but investment in these areas is critical to improving defenses and strengthening resilience.
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REBOOT YOUR CYBERSECURITY APPROACH
PRESSURE TEST SECURITY CAPABILITIES by engaging “white hat” external hackers to simulate attacks
MAKE SECURITY EVERYONE’S JOB by fostering a culture of cybersecurity & prioritizing training of all employees
PROTECT FROM THE INSIDE OUTby prioritizing protection of organization’s key assets
LEAD FROM THE TOP by materially engaging with enterprise leadership & improving the board’s cyber literacy
INVEST TO INNOVATE AND OUTMANEUVER, continually innovating to stay ahead of attackers
GROW CONFIDENTLY by keeping security connected to the bottom line and to real business needs
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ABOUT THE ACCENTURE HIGH PERFORMANCE SECURITY RESEARCH 2016
The survey objective was to understand the extent to which companies prioritize security, how comprehensive security plans are, how resilient companies are with regard to security, and the level of spend for security.
The survey aimed to measure security capabilities across seven cybersecurity strategy domains identified by Accenture: business alignment, cyber response readiness, strategic threat intelligence, cyber resilience, investment efficiency, governance and leadership, and the extended ecosystem.
More than 50 percent of respondents were key decision-makers in cybersecurity strategy and spending, including security, IT and business executives at director level and above at companies with revenues of US $1 billion or more.
In 2016 Accenture surveyed 2,000 executives from 12 industries and 15 countries globally, including 124 from Ireland.
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